Chapter 929 – 929. Nightmare (9)
The provocation was effective.
In any case, making another Eunhyun angry was successful.
The problem was that it was so effective that Erin was quite embarrassed.
“Master’s sword is nothing special…”
Eunhyun’s eyes changed as he glared at Erin.
“… !”
Erin was startled without even realizing it.
She has the same face as her husband, Eun-hyeon, but her face is full of passionate anger that was not visible to her.
And the hostile attitude that spreads her bloody energy all over her body shows how sincere he is.
“Uh, um.”
It was just something that popped into her head.
As per Illyana’s orders, she was just putting it into her mouth to provoke her, but it seemed like she had stepped on her own landmine.
But even if she doesn’t actually think of Siete that way, she can’t take back her statement here.
“I felt a little indebted to you, though.”
“To me?”
Erin tilted her head, not understanding what she was talking about, but the other Eunhyun continued to speak.
“I guess I have to show it properly. “How great is Master’s sword!”
“Omg… !”
Erin was dumbfounded that another Eunhyun was really upset.
Erin also had the temperament to fight back with her fists if someone in the continent’s adventurer’s guild or elsewhere criticized her husband, Eunhyeon, but she lacked awareness of that.
However, Illyana’s strategy of trying to force Eunhyun’s emotions to focus her attention on Erin was successful.
Pajik! Puzzle!
[Baby. Now go away.]
Erin, who received instructions through her communication, immediately retreated behind her, retrieving the Levantein.
Another Eunhyeon, who was about to fire back at Erin, who had pierced her rapier through her own shoulder, stopped her and looked up.
Huge dark clouds hanging over the empty sky came into view.
‘Cloud? Here?’
In this skyless space, artificially created clouds flashed.
[Seven-digit high level magic]
[Thunder Storm]
An artificial dark cloud created by magical power emitted lightning.
Quaaaaang!
The lightning strike did not end with just one strike.
The increasingly dark clouds continued to flash and lightning struck like a storm.
Quang! Quang! Quaaaaang!
The thunderstorm that swept away the thick fog once again created a new wind and covered the area with dust.
“Wow…”
Erin, who was out of her dangerous position and not caught by her lightning, trembled.
Just imagining what would have happened to her if she had been struck by that lightning makes her tremble as if her entire body was growing chicken skin.
However, Erin was astonished to discover a presence in the center of the dust storm caused by the lightning storm.
“Omg…”
Puzzle!
A blue thunderbolt was flashing in the sand dust.
Those were the thunderbolts that Illyana created and struck.
A sight where lightning, which should have struck the target location where the target is located and disappeared naturally, remains and flashes instead of disappearing.
A blue lightning flashes around the blade of the sword that another Eunhyeon is holding upwards.
“… “Is that possible?”
It is not impossible to apply magical power or magic to specific parts of one’s body, including the sword.
If you have a very high level of magic power and sense, it will be very difficult, but it is possible.
Erin also engaged in her battles with various uses, such as wrapping herself in fox fire created with the magic power of her divine beast or giving it to her blade.
However, the art that another Eunhyeon was now performing before his eyes was of a completely different kind.
Because instead of her own magic power under her own control, her weapon was wrapped with someone else’s attack magic filled with murderous intent.
It was as if they were trying to forcibly contain the disappearance of the thunderbolt, which was about to crumble into nothingness, by forcing it into the blade.
There is no way it would be possible to control a lightning bolt that flashes and burns the opponent in the blink of an eye and surrounds it with a blade.
Even if it was possible in theory, Erin at least understood the art, but she couldn’t even dare to imitate it.
“Because it is possible, it must be right in front of you.”
Another Eunhyun calmly confirmed her skills.
And then she continued.
“Know with glory. And reflect on her own foolishness in thoughtlessly ignoring her master’s swordsmanship.”
[Eunhyeon Geomseonryu]
[Raeban (雷返)]
Another Eunhyeon swung her sword towards Erin.
The blue lightning tied to the blade shook violently as if it were emitting the roar of an animal.
“Ah… !”
Erin realized it too late.
I can’t stop this.
Even if you block it, the moment the pulsating blue lightning touches that blade even a little bit.
A premonition that her own body would be burned and reduced to dust swept over Erin’s entire body.
So what should we do?
If I couldn’t block it, I should avoid it, but my body didn’t listen.
Even though the reason in my head is screaming to run away right now, my body does not move, as if time around me has stopped.
That was indeed the case.
Her thoughts spin quickly and she is desperate to find a way and come up with a solution, but contrary to her thoughts and reason, real time shows no sign of moving, as if it is bound by chains.
It was a very short time, less than a few seconds.
“Erin!”
During that time when her body was frozen like a hard stone and did not move, it was her Eleanor who urgently called her who miraculously saved Erin.
[You are a goddess!]
[Vesta’s Blessing]
[Holy Sanctuary]
A saint’s shield made with divine power appeared in front of Erin and blocked another sword strike from Eunhyeon.
Puzzle!
Wow!
The sword covered in lightning and the saint’s shield collided.
A strong resonant sound shook her mind, and the space at the point where the attack and defense collided became distorted.
Soon, the blade and shield that collided were destroyed at the same time.
Fuuuuu!
A loud noise deafened her, as if there had been an explosion.
Then, a strong shock wave was scattered in all directions, and Erin and the other Eunhyeon’s bodies flew through the air as if they were each thrown off.
“Kwaaaaah!?”
Perhaps because her repulsion was so strong, it was Eleanor who caught Erin’s screaming body out of the air.
“Eh, Eleanor.”
“Are you okay?”
“Yes. Thank you.”
Erin immediately got up and helped Eleanor, who had fallen behind her.
“Under…”
He glared at the other Eunhyeon, who was staring at him from a distance, and exhaled softly.
“… What should I do? Eleanor? “That person is really strong.”
“… I know.”
Eleanor was also slightly nervous.
Her saintly shield, created by pouring out her own divine power, was shattered with a single sword strike.
Although she was recognized as a saint of Vesta and her divine power grew through constant daily prayers, another eunhyeon destroyed it all too easily.
“That attack just now…”
It was something I really didn’t want to admit, but it was stronger than Eunhyeon’s attack.
If you think about it, it was a natural story.
The man in front of me, the other Eunhyun, is a man who once reached the top with a sword in another world.
The level of skill and experience she had achieved was much stronger than that of her husband, Eunhyeon.
“I think I’m stronger than the great teacher…”
Illyana, who had been casting magic while floating in the sky, landed on her ground and joined Eleanoa and Erin.
“Great job. Baby. “Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Yes. Are you okay. “Thanks to Eleanor’s support, I wasn’t hurt.”
“Okay.”
Illyana smiled slightly and nodded her head.
Then she glanced at the other Eunhyeon and continued.
“It’s a shame. I was planning on defeating you and hearing your purpose directly. “I think I’ll have to be satisfied here.”
“… What?”
Another Eunhyun suddenly had doubts about Illyana trying to end this situation.
She frowned and glared at Illyana, unable to understand what he was thinking.
“… “What are you thinking?”
“Because the initial goal has been achieved. “It means I have no intention of losing my strength in fighting you anymore.”
Illyana made a sad expression and pointed with her finger to where Verdandi and Lily were.
Naturally, Eleanor, Erin, and another Eunhyeon also looked there.
“… “Hyunseong hyung?”
Joo Hyeon-seong, who was supposed to be preventing Verdandi and Lily from interfering with Eun-hyeon, was nowhere to be seen.
Joo Hyeon-seong disappeared, and the remaining Verdandi and Lily were comforting the collapsed Eun-hyeon and checking his condition.
A gentle touch that seems to be intended not to wake him from a nightmare, but to calm him down.
“… “What is the situation?”
Perhaps because all of her attention was focused on the fight with Eunhyun, Erin couldn’t quite understand how the current situation was going.
On the other hand, Illyana, who was keeping Eunhyun in check from above and was aware of the general situation, answered Erin’s question.
“I sent that man named Joo Hyeon-seong into the nightmare that Hyeon-i was in.”
Verdandi decided that this was the most effective means to wake Eunhyeon.
“Let’s go. “Hyun will wake up soon.”
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I don’t know how many deaths I’ve already faced.
No. From the beginning, I had no intention of counting the number of times.
The terrible pain of being penetrated through the abdomen and having the internal organs there eaten away was repeated, eroding his spirit.
When you die, you go back to the beginning.
When I came to my senses, Eunhyeon was standing in the living room of the house, and a kitchen knife was in his hand.
It was the same kitchen knife that stabbed his mother, Eun Yeon-hwa, in the neck.
“Son.”
And this nightmare begins again with the monster’s voice calling his name.
A voice that comes from vocal cords that were melted after their bodies were taken over by the lowest-ranking devil, who has no intelligence and eats human flesh and organs just out of instinct.
The demon that stole his mother’s body and ate humans with that body slowly approached him.
“Son. Son.”
Starting from the leg that was on the ground, it gradually moved upwards, digging into Eunhyeon’s flesh attached to it.
It was truly a horrible, painful, and physiologically disgusting touch from a monster.
But even so, Eunhyeon was unable to kill the monster by stabbing it with the kitchen knife in his hand.
“Son. Son. Son.”
Even if his body was consumed by a demon and turned into a monster, he could not stab his mother to death again, even after hearing the terrible voice coming from his melted vocal cords.
Because just one terrible experience was enough.
It was also an experience he never wanted to experience again.
Even if he had to repeat death dozens or hundreds of times and feel the pain of having his flesh and internal organs eaten away for the rest of his life, Eunhyeon could not stab his mother to death.
‘Rather…’
If he were to die like this, would he, the dead person, be able to see his mother’s face again?
If I could, I would gladly give my life.
I wanted to convey my message that way.
I felt sorry, I asked for forgiveness, I felt helpless in not being able to do anything, my inability to prevent my body from being taken over by the devil.
He really wanted to see his mother’s face again, just once.
Lost in such thoughts, his mind became exhausted and his soul was gradually worn away.
The nightmare that I couldn’t even count how many times happened again.
“Son.”
Eunhyeon just quietly listened to the monster calling her.
He was about to fall to the floor when the monster pressed on his body as if it had been waiting for him.
Someone grabbed Eunhyeon’s arm and forcibly pulled her up.
Wow!
Eventually, he hit Eunhyeon hard on the cheek.
The burning and tingling sensation I felt on my cheeks awakened my mind, which had been exhausted as if eaten by insects.
In a nightmare that had been repeated hundreds of times, another variable appeared for the first time.
“… Hyeonseong… Brother?”
“Wake. “You bastard.”
Joo Hyeon-seong, who had been forced to dive into Eun-hyeon’s nightmare by Lily’s power, forcibly awakened Eun-hyeon’s spirit.
